Many rich countries around the world are already vaccinated against the corona virus.
But how is it in the developing countries?
Some countries have different strategies in the fight against the coronavirus.
In addition, there is an uneven distribution of vaccines worldwide.
The head of the World Health Organization describes the situation as a "catastrophic failure".
Munich - A
vaccine against the coronavirus pathogen SARS-CoV-2
is supposed to protect people from infection.
The coveted vaccine has been available since the end of 2020 - but who is considered a risk patient and who still has to be on the waiting list?
In Germany, the rule applies that high-risk patients struggling with previous illnesses should first receive a vaccination.
Nurses
should also be vaccinated first.
On other continents such as
Asia and Africa
and also South America - especially in developing countries - things are different.
The distribution of vaccines is uneven around the world.
Who gets a delivery is often decided based on who pays the most and not on who needs a vaccination most urgently.
There
is talk of “
vaccination-nationalistic action
”.
Corona vaccination: WHO chief describes the current corona situation as a "catastrophic failure"
“The world is on the brink of catastrophic moral failure.
The price for this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the poorest countries in the world. ”These clear words are announced by
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization“ WHO ”
.
More than 39 million vaccine doses in almost 49 richer countries have already been vaccinated.
25 vaccinations against Covid-19, on the other hand, are said to have been administered in poorer countries, reports
spiegel.de
.
"
Not 25 million, not 25,000 - only 25 vaccinations,
" asserts Ghebreyesus.
It is not fair that many states are
jostling each other and
bypassing the
“
Covax
”
initiative
.
The organization was founded so that poorer countries can also
receive
the vaccine against the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
.
Vaccine Strategy in Africa: These rules apply on the continent
Only the small island state of Seychelles has started vaccinating medical staff.
Politicians in Guinea were given a vaccination.
Many countries on the continent have announced vaccination campaigns.
Health
expert Githinji Gitahi
makes a statement on the current situation:
“All the vaccination doses announced are so far only reservations and do not yet exist.
It is completely uncertain when it will start across the continent ”.
In South Africa you have to pay into the “Covax” initiative instead of receiving it free of charge like the poorer countries,
spiegel.de
continues to
report
.
South Africa has already announced that, despite the current economic crisis, taxes could be increased to fund the vaccines.
Another frightening fact: In Kenya, almost 40 percent of the population is under 15 years old - there is currently no approved vaccine for them.
Kenya mainly relies on the
AstraZeneca vaccine
, which does not require freezing.
The Kenyan Ministry of Health announced that 47 million vaccine doses from different manufacturers have promised.
But the vaccine doses are not enough for half the population.
Tanzania is currently not getting involved in a vaccination campaign.
Instead, the residents rely on medicinal herbs, as the Tanzanian government announced in December.
The country has since been reportedly Covid-19 free.
The statement is still questionable.
Vaccine Course in Latin America: Unequal Division of States
Chile and Mexico
have been vaccinating for several weeks, taking care of their citizens.
Unlike
Bolivia, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras
too.
The people are dependent on the organization "Covax" and have to wait for the vaccine.
Brazil
is the country most affected by the pandemic.
According to official information,
210,000 people
have already died of
Covid 19 disease
.
Brazil's President
Jair Bolsonaro is anti-vaccination
.
He made a questionable statement about the vaccine last year: "
If it turns you into a crocodile, it's your problem
".
He rejected the order for the vaccine from Pfizer / Biontech and instead opted for the Indian-made vaccine from AstraZeneca.
But the deal fell through - since then, the
Chinese vaccine
"
Coronavac
" has been used.
So far, the country has done very little to contain
the pandemic in
Mexico
.
A vaccination against the
coronavirus pathogen SARS-CoV-2
is also the hope and the last chance to bring the pandemic under control.
There are currently 20,000 infections per day
.
As
reported by
spiegel.de
, the
country has ordered
around 34.4 million Biontech / Pfizer and 77.4 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
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China and India
have already
started
vaccination
campaigns.
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have to be patient at the moment.
But how long can the inhabitants of these countries wait?
In Japan, the corona emergency was even extended into February
.
Vaccine approvals are slow.
The first vaccinations should be given at the end of February.
In the summer of last year, when the corona pandemic was spreading, China had already had certain people vaccinated.
The turn of the population in China to have a vaccination depends on which of the three groups they belong to.
The groups are divided into those who
are exposed to
a particularly
high risk of infection
.
This includes older people with previous illnesses.
To the
In the end, only the rest of the population would be admitted to vaccination.
In early January,
a million people
in
Beijing received the first vaccination
,
Xinhua
News
Agency
said
.
India is the country with the most
corona cases
behind the USA
.
The Indian government wants to
vaccinate 300 million people
by the summer
- vaccination is free here.